Question

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Frame analysis is concerned with ourselves as stable, dependent entities which emerges through cultural and social dynamics.
Reason (R): Media frames are persistent patterns of cognition, interpretation and presentation of selection, emphasis and exclusion, by which symbol-handlers routinely organise discourse whether verbal or visual.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

• A. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
• B. Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
• C. (A) is correct but (R) is not correct
• D. (A) is not correct but (R) is correct

Hint:

Check the definition in (R) first: it is the standard definition of media frames, while (A) misstates what frame analysis deals with.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

Step 1: Understanding the Question:

• This is an Assertion-Reason question on frame analysis in media and communication studies.

Step 2: Detailed Explanation:

• Reason (R): This is the standard definition of media frames (Todd Gitlin): persistent patterns of cognition, interpretation and presentation, of selection, emphasis and exclusion, by which symbol-handlers routinely organise discourse, verbal or visual. So (R) is correct.

• Assertion (A): Frame analysis (Goffman) is concerned with how people organise and make sense of experience through socially shared frames. Describing the self as a 'stable, dependent entity' is not an accurate statement of this idea, so (A) is not correct.

• Hence (A) is not correct but (R) is correct.

Step 3: Final Answer:
The correct option is (D) (A) is not correct but (R) is correct.